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Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde together at Copper Mountain. | Image: Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are back on snow together, sharing a relaxed spring training session at Copper Mountain, Colorado, as both athletes continue their off-season preparation. Shiffrin posted images from the session with her fiancé Kilde, captioning the moment:…

Weber State University is selling its land on Powder Mountain, Utah. | Credit: SnowBrains Weber State University, located in Ogden, Utah, has owned land at Powder Mountain for more than 30 years. But after its monthly Board of Trustees meeting on May 21, the university announced it will sell its land. The land will be sold for…

Vladimir Radmanović (left) shared the court with NBA legend Kobe Bryant (right) for multiple seasons. | Credit: Los Angeles Lakers Balkan Facebook Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers is a dream that millions of young basketball players have. That became a reality for Serbian hooper Vladimir Radmanović. Radmanović began his NBA career in 2001 after being…

Paula Moltzan checking out her ovaries on the ultrasound. | Image: Paula Moltzan Last season, Paula Moltzan had the best season of her career. In 2025-26, the American captured Olympic bronze at Milan-Cortina 2026 in the team combined event, added four World Cup runner-up finishes, and continued establishing herself as one of the strongest technical…

Credit: WeatherBell The Northeast snow forecast is focused on one short, cold late-spring system Friday night into Saturday, followed by a cool, showery stretch and then a warmer, lower-precipitation pattern next week. All Northeast resorts are closed for winter lift-served skiing, so the practical value is for high-elevation backcountry assessment rather than resort powder chasing.…

Drag artist and climate activist Pattie Gonia poses outdoors, capturing the unique intersection of performance art and environmental advocacy that is now at the center of a major federal trademark battle. | Photo: Minnesota Monthly For more than half a century, the California-based outdoor apparel giant Patagonia, Inc. has carefully cultivated a corporate identity that is…

This 2019 rendering shows a proposed gondola and lodge rising from the town of Government Camp near Mount Hood that would have connected to Timberline Lodge and Ski Area. | Image: Timberline Lodge and Ski Area The ambitious vision of a modern gondola rising from Government Camp up the slopes of Mount Hood has been…

Rain washed away too much snow at Fonna. | Image: Folgefonna Aktivitetspark Folgefonna’s summer ski area revival as a terrain park has been shelved. Norway’s former summer ski hub at Fonna Glacier — long considered one of Europe’s most reliable glacier training grounds — will not open its planned terrain park this summer after heavy…

Verbier, Switzerland. | Image: World Ski Award Switzerland’s ski industry has released its preliminary report on 2025-26 skier visits. Seilbahnen Schweiz reported a broadly stable winter, with a strong late-season recovery offsetting what looked, in the early months, like a season heading in the wrong direction. Seilbahnen Schweiz, the Swiss cable car industry association, released…

Beartooth Basin opened this week for its summer ski season. | Image: Beartooth Basin Beartooth Basin, Montana, is the only summer ski area in the United States, and it opened on Memorial Day this year. The mountain is geared towards intermediate to advanced skiers and riders due to its steep and difficult terrain with constantly…